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Umapathysivam MM, Araldi E, Hastoy B, Dawed AY, Vatandaslar H, Sengupta S, Kaufmann A, Thomsen S, Hartmann B, Jonsson AE, Kabakci H, Thaman S, Grarup N, Have CT, Færch K, Gjesing AP, Nawaz S, Cheeseman J, Neville MJ, Pedersen O, Walker M, Jennison C, Hattersley AT, Hansen T, Karpe F, Holst JJ, Jones AG, Ristow M, McCarthy MI, Pearson ER, Stoffel M, Gloyn AL. Type 2 Diabetes risk alleles in Peptidyl-glycine Alpha-amidating Monooxygenase influence GLP-1 levels and response to GLP-1 Receptor Agonists. medRxiv 2023:2023.04.07.23288197. [PMID: 37090505 PMCID: PMC10120798 DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.07.23288197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
Abstract
Patients with type 2 diabetes vary in their response to currently available therapeutic agents (including GLP-1 receptor agonists) leading to suboptimal glycemic control and increased risk of complications. We show that human carriers of hypomorphic T2D-risk alleles in the gene encoding peptidyl-glycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase (PAM), as well as Pam-knockout mice, display increased resistance to GLP-1 in vivo. Pam inactivation in mice leads to reduced gastric GLP-1R expression and faster gastric emptying: this persists during GLP-1R agonist treatment and is rescued when GLP-1R activity is antagonized, indicating resistance to GLP-1's gastric slowing properties. Meta-analysis of human data from studies examining GLP-1R agonist response (including RCTs) reveals a relative loss of 44% and 20% of glucose lowering (measured by glycated hemoglobin) in individuals with hypomorphic PAM alleles p.S539W and p.D536G treated with GLP-1R agonist. Genetic variation in PAM has effects on incretin signaling that alters response to medication used commonly for treatment of T2D.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mahesh M Umapathysivam
- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Oxford, UK
- Department of Endocrinology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA Health, Australia
- Southern Adelaide and Diabetes and Endocrinology Service, Bedford Park, Australia
- NHRMC Centre of Clinical research Excellence in Nutritional Physiology, Interventions and outcomes University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Institute of Molecular Health Sciences, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Institute of Translational Medicine, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Department of Cardiology and Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Oxford, UK
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- Division of Population Health & Genomics, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, UK
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- Institute of Molecular Health Sciences, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Oxford, UK
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- Institute of Molecular Health Sciences, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Oxford, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen University Hospital - Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark
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- Institute of Molecular Health Sciences, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, USA
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- Copenhagen University Hospital - Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark
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- Copenhagen University Hospital - Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University Copenhagen, Denmark
- Copenhagen University Hospital - Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark
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- Copenhagen University Hospital - Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Oxford, UK
- National Institute of Health Research, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Oxford, UK
- National Institute of Health Research, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, UK
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Oxford, UK
- National Institute of Health Research, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University Copenhagen, Denmark
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- University of Exeter College of Medicine & Health, Exeter, UK
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- Institute of Molecular Health Sciences, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Oxford, UK
- National Institute of Health Research, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, UK
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- Division of Population Health & Genomics, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, UK
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- Institute of Molecular Health Sciences, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Medical Faculty, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Oxford, UK
- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, USA
- National Institute of Health Research, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, UK
- Stanford Diabetes Research Centre, Stanford, USA
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Allesøe RL, Lundgaard AT, Hernández Medina R, Aguayo-Orozco A, Johansen J, Nissen JN, Brorsson C, Mazzoni G, Niu L, Biel JH, Brasas V, Webel H, Benros ME, Pedersen AG, Chmura PJ, Jacobsen UP, Mari A, Koivula R, Mahajan A, Vinuela A, Tajes JF, Sharma S, Haid M, Hong MG, Musholt PB, De Masi F, Vogt J, Pedersen HK, Gudmundsdottir V, Jones A, Kennedy G, Bell J, Thomas EL, Frost G, Thomsen H, Hansen E, Hansen TH, Vestergaard H, Muilwijk M, Blom MT, 't Hart LM, Pattou F, Raverdy V, Brage S, Kokkola T, Heggie A, McEvoy D, Mourby M, Kaye J, Hattersley A, McDonald T, Ridderstråle M, Walker M, Forgie I, Giordano GN, Pavo I, Ruetten H, Pedersen O, Hansen T, Dermitzakis E, Franks PW, Schwenk JM, Adamski J, McCarthy MI, Pearson E, Banasik K, Rasmussen S, Brunak S, Thomas CE, Haussler R, Beulens J, Rutters F, Nijpels G, van Oort S, Groeneveld L, Elders P, Giorgino T, Rodriquez M, Nice R, Perry M, Bianzano S, Graefe-Mody U, Hennige A, Grempler R, Baum P, Stærfeldt HH, Shah N, Teare H, Ehrhardt B, Tillner J, Dings C, Lehr T, Scherer N, Sihinevich I, Cabrelli L, Loftus H, Bizzotto R, Tura A, Dekkers K, van Leeuwen N, Groop L, Slieker R, Ramisch A, Jennison C, McVittie I, Frau F, Steckel-Hamann B, Adragni K, Thomas M, Pasdar NA, Fitipaldi H, Kurbasic A, Mutie P, Pomares-Millan H, Bonnefond A, Canouil M, Caiazzo R, Verkindt H, Holl R, Kuulasmaa T, Deshmukh H, Cederberg H, Laakso M, Vangipurapu J, Dale M, Thorand B, Nicolay C, Fritsche A, Hill A, Hudson M, Thorne C, Allin K, Arumugam M, Jonsson A, Engelbrechtsen L, Forman A, Dutta A, Sondertoft N, Fan Y, Gough S, Robertson N, McRobert N, Wesolowska-Andersen A, Brown A, Davtian D, Dawed A, Donnelly L, Palmer C, White M, Ferrer J, Whitcher B, Artati A, Prehn C, Adam J, Grallert H, Gupta R, Sackett PW, Nilsson B, Tsirigos K, Eriksen R, Jablonka B, Uhlen M, Gassenhuber J, Baltauss T, de Preville N, Klintenberg M, Abdalla M. Discovery of drug-omics associations in type 2 diabetes with generative deep-learning models. Nat Biotechnol 2023; 41:399-408. [PMID: 36593394 PMCID: PMC10017515 DOI: 10.1038/s41587-022-01520-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
The application of multiple omics technologies in biomedical cohorts has the potential to reveal patient-level disease characteristics and individualized response to treatment. However, the scale and heterogeneous nature of multi-modal data makes integration and inference a non-trivial task. We developed a deep-learning-based framework, multi-omics variational autoencoders (MOVE), to integrate such data and applied it to a cohort of 789 people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes with deep multi-omics phenotyping from the DIRECT consortium. Using in silico perturbations, we identified drug-omics associations across the multi-modal datasets for the 20 most prevalent drugs given to people with type 2 diabetes with substantially higher sensitivity than univariate statistical tests. From these, we among others, identified novel associations between metformin and the gut microbiota as well as opposite molecular responses for the two statins, simvastatin and atorvastatin. We used the associations to quantify drug-drug similarities, assess the degree of polypharmacy and conclude that drug effects are distributed across the multi-omics modalities.
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- Rosa Lundbye Allesøe
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.,Copenhagen Research Centre for Mental Health, Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Research Centre for Mental Health, Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- C.N.R. Institute of Neuroscience, Padova, Italy
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland.,Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Bavaria, Germany.,Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Bavaria, Germany.,Chair of Food Chemistry and Molecular and Sensory Science, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Metabolomics and Proteomics Core, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Affinity Proteomics, Science for Life Laboratory, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Solna, Sweden
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- Research and Development Global Development, Translational Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.,Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- The Immunoassay Biomarker Core Laboratory, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Research Centre for Optimal Health, Department of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, London, UK
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- Research Centre for Optimal Health, Department of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, London, UK
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- Section for Nutrition Research, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev-Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev-Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of General Practice, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Biomedical Data Science, Section Molecular Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.,Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Inserm, Univ Lille, CHU Lille, Lille Pasteur Institute, EGID, Lille, France
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- Inserm, Univ Lille, CHU Lille, Lille Pasteur Institute, EGID, Lille, France
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- MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Diabetes Research Network, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, UK
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- Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies (HeLEX), Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies (HeLEX), Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Lund University Diabetes Centre, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Division of Population Health & Genomics, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Lund University Diabetes Centre, Department of Clinical Sciences, CRC, Lund University, SUS, Malmö, Sweden
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- Eli Lilly Regional Operations, Vienna, Austria
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- Research and Development Global Development, Translational Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Lund University Diabetes Centre, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.,Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.,OCDEM, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Affinity Proteomics, Science for Life Laboratory, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Solna, Sweden
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- Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany.,Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.,Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Population Health & Genomics, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. .,Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
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Jennison C. Discussion on "Adaptive enrichment designs with a continuous biomarker" by N. Stallard. Biometrics 2023; 79:26-30. [PMID: 35344206 DOI: 10.1111/biom.13642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ghosh P, Ristl R, König F, Posch M, Jennison C, Götte H, Schüler A, Mehta C. Robust group sequential designs for trials with survival endpoints and delayed response. Biom J 2021; 64:343-360. [PMID: 34935177 DOI: 10.1002/bimj.202000169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2020] [Revised: 05/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
Randomized clinical trials in oncology typically utilize time-to-event endpoints such as progression-free survival or overall survival as their primary efficacy endpoints, and the most commonly used statistical test to analyze these endpoints is the log-rank test. The power of the log-rank test depends on the behavior of the hazard ratio of the treatment arm to the control arm. Under the assumption of proportional hazards, the log-rank test is asymptotically fully efficient. However, this proportionality assumption does not hold true if there is a delayed treatment effect. Cancer immunology has evolved over time and several cancer vaccines are available in the market for treating existing cancers. This includes sipuleucel-T for metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer, nivolumab for metastatic melanoma, and pembrolizumab for advanced nonsmall-cell lung cancer. As cancer vaccines require some time to elicit an immune response, a delayed treatment effect is observed, resulting in a violation of the proportional hazards assumption. Thus, the traditional log-rank test may not be optimal for testing immuno-oncology drugs in randomized clinical trials. Moreover, the new immuno-oncology compounds have been shown to be very effective in prolonging overall survival. Therefore, it is desirable to implement a group sequential design with the possibility of early stopping for overwhelming efficacy. In this paper, we investigate the max-combo test, which utilizes the maximum of two weighted log-rank statistics, as a robust alternative to the log-rank test. The new test is implemented for two-stage designs with possible early stopping at the interim analysis time point. Two classes of weights are investigated for the max-combo test: the Fleming and Harrington (1981) G ρ , γ weights and the Magirr and Burman (2019) modest ( τ ∗ ) weights.
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- Section for Medical Statistics, Informatics and Intelligent Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Section for Medical Statistics, Informatics and Intelligent Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Section for Medical Statistics, Informatics and Intelligent Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Cytel Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.,Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Bizzotto R, Jennison C, Jones AG, Kurbasic A, Tura A, Kennedy G, Bell JD, Thomas EL, Frost G, Eriksen R, Koivula RW, Brage S, Kaye J, Hattersley AT, Heggie A, McEvoy D, 't Hart LM, Beulens JW, Elders P, Musholt PB, Ridderstråle M, Hansen TH, Allin KH, Hansen T, Vestergaard H, Lundgaard AT, Thomsen HS, De Masi F, Tsirigos KD, Brunak S, Viñuela A, Mahajan A, McDonald TJ, Kokkola T, Forgie IM, Giordano GN, Pavo I, Ruetten H, Dermitzakis E, McCarthy MI, Pedersen O, Schwenk JM, Adamski J, Franks PW, Walker M, Pearson ER, Mari A. Processes Underlying Glycemic Deterioration in Type 2 Diabetes: An IMI DIRECT Study. Diabetes Care 2021; 44:511-518. [PMID: 33323478 DOI: 10.2337/dc20-1567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/31/2020] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE We investigated the processes underlying glycemic deterioration in type 2 diabetes (T2D). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 732 recently diagnosed patients with T2D from the Innovative Medicines Initiative Diabetes Research on Patient Stratification (IMI DIRECT) study were extensively phenotyped over 3 years, including measures of insulin sensitivity (OGIS), β-cell glucose sensitivity (GS), and insulin clearance (CLIm) from mixed meal tests, liver enzymes, lipid profiles, and baseline regional fat from MRI. The associations between the longitudinal metabolic patterns and HbA1c deterioration, adjusted for changes in BMI and in diabetes medications, were assessed via stepwise multivariable linear and logistic regression. RESULTS Faster HbA1c progression was independently associated with faster deterioration of OGIS and GS and increasing CLIm; visceral or liver fat, HDL-cholesterol, and triglycerides had further independent, though weaker, roles (R 2 = 0.38). A subgroup of patients with a markedly higher progression rate (fast progressors) was clearly distinguishable considering these variables only (discrimination capacity from area under the receiver operating characteristic = 0.94). The proportion of fast progressors was reduced from 56% to 8-10% in subgroups in which only one trait among OGIS, GS, and CLIm was relatively stable (odds ratios 0.07-0.09). T2D polygenic risk score and baseline pancreatic fat, glucagon-like peptide 1, glucagon, diet, and physical activity did not show an independent role. CONCLUSIONS Deteriorating insulin sensitivity and β-cell function, increasing insulin clearance, high visceral or liver fat, and worsening of the lipid profile are the crucial factors mediating glycemic deterioration of patients with T2D in the initial phase of the disease. Stabilization of a single trait among insulin sensitivity, β-cell function, and insulin clearance may be relevant to prevent progression.
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, U.K.,Diabetes and Endocrinology, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, U.K
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- Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Lund University Diabetes Centre, Department of Clinical Sciences, Clinical Research Centre, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Malmö, Sweden
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- CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Padova, Italy
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- Immunoassay Biomarker Core Laboratory, School of Medicine, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, U.K
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- School of Life Sciences, Research Centre for Optimal Health, University of Westminster, London, U.K
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- School of Life Sciences, Research Centre for Optimal Health, University of Westminster, London, U.K
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- Section for Nutrition Research, Faculty of Medicine, Hammersmith Campus, Imperial College London, London, U.K
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- Section for Nutrition Research, Faculty of Medicine, Hammersmith Campus, Imperial College London, London, U.K
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- Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Lund University Diabetes Centre, Department of Clinical Sciences, Clinical Research Centre, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Malmö, Sweden.,Radcliffe Department of Medicine, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K
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- MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K
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- Faculty of Law, Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K.,Melbourne Law School, Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, U.K.,Diabetes and Endocrinology, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, U.K
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- Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K
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- Diabetes Research Network, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K
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- Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam UMC-Location VUmc, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.,Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Molecular Epidemiology Section, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam UMC-Location VUmc, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of General Practice, Amsterdam UMC-Location VUmc, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- R&D Global Development, Translational Medicine & Clinical Pharmacology, Sanofi Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Clinical Pharmacology and Translational Medicine, Novo Nordisk A/S, Søborg, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Bornholms Hospital, Rønne, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Systems Biology, Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Systems Biology, Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Systems Biology, Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland.,Faculty of Medical Sciences, Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, U.K
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, U.K.,Blood Sciences, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, U.K
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- Department of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Population Health and Genomics, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, U.K
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- Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Lund University Diabetes Centre, Department of Clinical Sciences, Clinical Research Centre, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Malmö, Sweden
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- Eli Lilly Regional Operations GmbH, Vienna, Austria
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- R&D Global Development, Translational Medicine & Clinical Pharmacology, Sanofi Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Radcliffe Department of Medicine, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K.,Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K.,Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, U.K
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Affinity Proteomics, Science for Life Laboratory, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Solna, Sweden
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- Research Unit of Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany.,Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Genetik, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany.,Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Lund University Diabetes Centre, Department of Clinical Sciences, Clinical Research Centre, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Malmö, Sweden
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- Faculty of Medical Sciences, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, U.K
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- Population Health and Genomics, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, U.K
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Angwin C, Jenkinson C, Jones A, Jennison C, Henley W, Farmer A, Sattar N, Holman RR, Pearson E, Shields B, Hattersley A. TriMaster: randomised double-blind crossover study of a DPP4 inhibitor, SGLT2 inhibitor and thiazolidinedione as second-line or third-line therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes who have suboptimal glycaemic control on metformin treatment with or without a sulfonylurea-a MASTERMIND study protocol. BMJ Open 2020; 10:e042784. [PMID: 33371044 PMCID: PMC7754630 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Pharmaceutical treatment options for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have increased to include multiple classes of oral glucose-lowering agents but without accompanying guidance on which of these may most benefit individual patients. Clinicians lack information for treatment intensification after first-line metformin therapy. Stratifying patients by simple clinical characteristics may improve care by targeting treatment options to those in whom they are most effective. This academically designed and run three-way crossover trial aims to test a stratification approach using three standard oral glucose-lowering agents. METHODS AND ANALYSIS TriMaster is a randomised, double-blind, crossover trial taking place at up to 25 clinical sites across England, Scotland and Wales. 520 patients with T2DM treated with either metformin alone, or metformin and a sulfonylurea who have glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) >58 mmol/mol will be randomised to receive 16 weeks each of a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor, sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor and thiazolidinedione in random order. Participants will be assessed at the end of each treatment period, providing clinical and biochemical data, and their experience of side effects. Participant preference will be assessed on completion of all three treatments. The primary endpoint is HbA1c after 4 months of therapy (allowing a range of 12-18 weeks for analysis). Secondary endpoints include participant-reported preference between the three treatments, tolerability and prevalence of side effects. ETHICAL APPROVAL This study was approved by National Health Service Health Research Authority Research Ethics Committee South Central-Oxford A, study 16/SC/0147. Written informed consent will be obtained from all participants. Results will be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal and presented at relevant scientific meetings. A lay summary of results will be made available to all participants. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS 12039221; 2015-002790-38 and NCT02653209.
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- Catherine Angwin
- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, UK
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, UK
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, UK
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- Health Statistics Group, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division, Oxford, UK
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, UK
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, UK
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When planning a Phase III clinical trial, suppose a certain subset of patients is expected to respond particularly well to the new treatment. Adaptive enrichment designs make use of interim data in selecting the target population for the remainder of the trial, either continuing with the full population or restricting recruitment to the subset of patients. We define a multiple testing procedure that maintains strong control of the familywise error rate, while allowing for the adaptive sampling procedure. We derive the Bayes optimal rule for deciding whether or not to restrict recruitment to the subset after the interim analysis and present an efficient algorithm to facilitate simulation-based optimisation, enabling the construction of Bayes optimal rules in a wide variety of problem formulations. We compare adaptive enrichment designs with traditional nonadaptive designs in a broad range of examples and draw clear conclusions about the potential benefits of adaptive enrichment.
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- Thomas Burnett
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
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Jennison C, Turnbull BW. Authors' reply. Stat Med 2019; 38:5670-5671. [PMID: 31793030 DOI: 10.1002/sim.8417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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Dennis JM, Henley WE, Weedon MN, Lonergan M, Rodgers LR, Jones AG, Hamilton WT, Sattar N, Janmohamed S, Holman RR, Pearson ER, Shields BM, Hattersley AT, Angwin C, Cruickshank KJ, Farmer AJ, Gough SC, Gray AM, Hyde C, Jennison C, Walker M. Sex and BMI Alter the Benefits and Risks of Sulfonylureas and Thiazolidinediones in Type 2 Diabetes: A Framework for Evaluating Stratification Using Routine Clinical and Individual Trial Data. Diabetes Care 2018; 41:1844-1853. [PMID: 30072404 PMCID: PMC6591127 DOI: 10.2337/dc18-0344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2018] [Accepted: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The choice of therapy for type 2 diabetes after metformin is guided by overall estimates of glycemic response and side effects seen in large cohorts. A stratified approach to therapy would aim to improve on this by identifying subgroups of patients whose glycemic response or risk of side effects differs markedly. We assessed whether simple clinical characteristics could identify patients with differing glycemic response and side effects with sulfonylureas and thiazolidinediones. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We studied 22,379 patients starting sulfonylurea or thiazolidinedione therapy in the U.K. Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) to identify features associated with increased 1-year HbA1c fall with one therapy class and reduced fall with the second. We then assessed whether prespecified patient subgroups defined by the differential clinical factors showed differing 5-year glycemic response and side effects with sulfonylureas and thiazolidinediones using individual randomized trial data from ADOPT (A Diabetes Outcome Progression Trial) (first-line therapy, n = 2,725) and RECORD (Rosiglitazone Evaluated for Cardiovascular Outcomes and Regulation of Glycemia in Diabetes) (second-line therapy, n = 2,222). Further replication was conducted using routine clinical data from GoDARTS (Genetics of Diabetes Audit and Research in Tayside Scotland) (n = 1,977). RESULTS In CPRD, male sex and lower BMI were associated with greater glycemic response with sulfonylureas and a lesser response with thiazolidinediones (both P < 0.001). In ADOPT and RECORD, nonobese males had a greater overall HbA1c reduction with sulfonylureas than with thiazolidinediones (P < 0.001); in contrast, obese females had a greater HbA1c reduction with thiazolidinediones than with sulfonylureas (P < 0.001). Weight gain and edema risk with thiazolidinediones were greatest in obese females; however, hypoglycemia risk with sulfonylureas was similar across all subgroups. CONCLUSIONS Patient subgroups defined by sex and BMI have different patterns of benefits and risks on thiazolidinedione and sulfonylurea therapy. Subgroup-specific estimates can inform discussion about the choice of therapy after metformin for an individual patient. Our approach using routine and shared trial data provides a framework for future stratification research in type 2 diabetes.
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- John M. Dennis
- Health Statistics Group, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, U.K
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- Health Statistics Group, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, U.K
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- Institute of Biomedical & Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, U.K
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- Division of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, U.K
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- Health Statistics Group, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, U.K
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- National Institute for Health Research Exeter Clinical Research Facility, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, U.K
- Royal Devon and Exeter National Health Service Foundation Trust, Exeter, U.K
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- Institute of Biomedical & Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, U.K
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, U.K
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- Diabetes Trials Unit, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K
- National Institute for Health Research Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, U.K
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- Division of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, U.K
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- National Institute for Health Research Exeter Clinical Research Facility, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, U.K
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- National Institute for Health Research Exeter Clinical Research Facility, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, U.K
- Royal Devon and Exeter National Health Service Foundation Trust, Exeter, U.K
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Li H, Wang J, Luo X, Grechko J, Jennison C. Improved two-stage group sequential procedures for testing a secondary endpoint after the primary endpoint achieves significance. Biom J 2018; 60:893-902. [PMID: 29876964 DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201700231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Revised: 04/24/2018] [Accepted: 04/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In two-stage group sequential trials with a primary and a secondary endpoint, the overall type I error rate for the primary endpoint is often controlled by an α-level boundary, such as an O'Brien-Fleming or Pocock boundary. Following a hierarchical testing sequence, the secondary endpoint is tested only if the primary endpoint achieves statistical significance either at an interim analysis or at the final analysis. To control the type I error rate for the secondary endpoint, this is tested using a Bonferroni procedure or any α-level group sequential method. In comparison with marginal testing, there is an overall power loss for the test of the secondary endpoint since a claim of a positive result depends on the significance of the primary endpoint in the hierarchical testing sequence. We propose two group sequential testing procedures with improved secondary power: the improved Bonferroni procedure and the improved Pocock procedure. The proposed procedures use the correlation between the interim and final statistics for the secondary endpoint while applying graphical approaches to transfer the significance level from the primary endpoint to the secondary endpoint. The procedures control the familywise error rate (FWER) strongly by construction and this is confirmed via simulation. We also compare the proposed procedures with other commonly used group sequential procedures in terms of control of the FWER and the power of rejecting the secondary hypothesis. An example is provided to illustrate the procedures.
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- Huiling Li
- Department of Biostatistics, Celgene Corporation, Berkeley Heights, NJ, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Celgene Corporation, Berkeley Heights, NJ, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Celgene Corporation, Berkeley Heights, NJ, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Celgene Corporation, Berkeley Heights, NJ, USA
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Eibich P, Green A, Hattersley AT, Jennison C, Lonergan M, Pearson ER, Gray AM. Costs and Treatment Pathways for Type 2 Diabetes in the UK: A Mastermind Cohort Study. Diabetes Ther 2017; 8:1031-1045. [PMID: 28879529 PMCID: PMC5630552 DOI: 10.1007/s13300-017-0296-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Medication therapy for type 2 diabetes has become increasingly complex, and there are few reliable data on the current state of clinical practice. We report treatment pathways and associated costs of medication therapy for people with type 2 diabetes in the UK, their variability and changes over time. METHODS Prescription and biomarker data for 7159 people with type 2 diabetes were extracted from the GoDARTS cohort study, covering the period 1989-2013. Average follow-up was 10 years. Individuals were prescribed on average 2.4 (SD: 1.2) drugs with average annual costs of £241. We calculated summary statistics for first- and second-line therapies. Linear regression models were used to estimate associations between therapy characteristics and baseline patient characteristics. RESULTS Average time from diagnosis to first prescription was 3 years (SD: 4.0 years). Almost all first-line therapy (98%) was monotherapy, with average annual cost of £83 (SD: £204) for 3.8 (SD: 3.5) years. Second-line therapy was initiated in 73% of all individuals, at an average annual cost of £219 (SD: £305). Therapies involving insulin were markedly more expensive than other common therapies. Baseline HbA1c was unrelated to future therapy costs, but higher average HbA1c levels over time were associated with higher costs. CONCLUSIONS Medication therapy has undergone substantial changes during the period covered in this study. For example, therapy is initiated earlier and is less expensive than in the past. The data provided in this study will prove useful for future modelling studies, e.g. of stratified treatment approaches.
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- Peter Eibich
- Health Economics Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, Bath, UK
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Health Economics Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Tamhane AC, Gou J, Jennison C, Mehta CR, Curto T. A gatekeeping procedure to test a primary and a secondary endpoint in a group sequential design with multiple interim looks. Biometrics 2017; 74:40-48. [PMID: 28589692 DOI: 10.1111/biom.12732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2016] [Revised: 04/01/2017] [Accepted: 04/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Glimm et al. (2010) and Tamhane et al. (2010) studied the problem of testing a primary and a secondary endpoint, subject to a gatekeeping constraint, using a group sequential design (GSD) with K=2 looks. In this article, we greatly extend the previous results to multiple (K>2) looks. If the familywise error rate (FWER) is to be controlled at a preassigned α level then it is clear that the primary boundary must be of level α. We show under what conditions one α-level primary boundary is uniformly more powerful than another. Based on this result, we recommend the choice of the O'Brien and Fleming (1979) boundary over the Pocock (1977) boundary for the primary endpoint. For the secondary endpoint the choice of the boundary is more complicated since under certain conditions the secondary boundary can be refined to have a nominal level α'>α, while still controlling the FWER at level α, thus boosting the secondary power. We carry out secondary power comparisons via simulation between different choices of primary-secondary boundary combinations. The methodology is applied to the data from the RALES study (Pitt et al., 1999; Wittes et al., 2001). An R library package gsrsb to implement the proposed methodology is made available on CRAN.
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- Ajit C Tamhane
- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, U.S.A
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Hunter College, New York, New York 10065, U.S.A
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- Cytel Inc., 675 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, U.S.A
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- Cytel Inc., 675 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, U.S.A
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Parke T, Marchenko O, Anisimov V, Ivanova A, Jennison C, Perevozskaya I, Song G. Comparing oncology clinical programs by use of innovative designs and expected net present value optimization: Which adaptive approach leads to the best result? J Biopharm Stat 2017; 27:457-476. [PMID: 28281911 DOI: 10.1080/10543406.2017.1289949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Designing an oncology clinical program is more challenging than designing a single study. The standard approaches have been proven to be not very successful during the last decade; the failure rate of Phase 2 and Phase 3 trials in oncology remains high. Improving a development strategy by applying innovative statistical methods is one of the major objectives of a drug development process. The oncology sub-team on Adaptive Program under the Drug Information Association Adaptive Design Scientific Working Group (DIA ADSWG) evaluated hypothetical oncology programs with two competing treatments and published the work in the Therapeutic Innovation and Regulatory Science journal in January 2014. Five oncology development programs based on different Phase 2 designs, including adaptive designs and a standard two parallel arm Phase 3 design were simulated and compared in terms of the probability of clinical program success and expected net present value (eNPV). In this article, we consider eight Phase2/Phase3 development programs based on selected combinations of five Phase 2 study designs and three Phase 3 study designs. We again used the probability of program success and eNPV to compare simulated programs. For the development strategies, we considered that the eNPV showed robust improvement for each successive strategy, with the highest being for a three-arm response adaptive randomization design in Phase 2 and a group sequential design with 5 analyses in Phase 3.
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- Tom Parke
- a Berry Consultants , Abingdon , Oxfordshire , UK
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- b Advisory Services Analytics, Quintiles , Durham , North Carolina , USA
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- c School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Glasgow , Glasgow , UK
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- d Department of Biostatistics , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina , USA
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- f Statistical Research and Consulting Center, Pfizer, Inc. , Collegeville , Pennsylvania , USA
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- b Advisory Services Analytics, Quintiles , Durham , North Carolina , USA
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Multi-arm multi-stage trials can improve the efficiency of the drug development process when multiple new treatments are available for testing. A group-sequential approach can be used in order to design multi-arm multi-stage trials, using an extension to Dunnett’s multiple-testing procedure. The actual sample size used in such a trial is a random variable that has high variability. This can cause problems when applying for funding as the cost will also be generally highly variable. This motivates a type of design that provides the efficiency advantages of a group-sequential multi-arm multi-stage design, but has a fixed sample size. One such design is the two-stage drop-the-losers design, in which a number of experimental treatments, and a control treatment, are assessed at a prescheduled interim analysis. The best-performing experimental treatment and the control treatment then continue to a second stage. In this paper, we discuss extending this design to have more than two stages, which is shown to considerably reduce the sample size required. We also compare the resulting sample size requirements to the sample size distribution of analogous group-sequential multi-arm multi-stage designs. The sample size required for a multi-stage drop-the-losers design is usually higher than, but close to, the median sample size of a group-sequential multi-arm multi-stage trial. In many practical scenarios, the disadvantage of a slight loss in average efficiency would be overcome by the huge advantage of a fixed sample size. We assess the impact of delay between recruitment and assessment as well as unknown variance on the drop-the-losers designs.
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- 2 Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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Stone A, Macpherson E, Smith A, Jennison C. Model free audit methodology for bias evaluation of tumour progression in oncology. Pharm Stat 2015; 14:455-63. [PMID: 26435269 DOI: 10.1002/pst.1707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2014] [Revised: 06/15/2015] [Accepted: 08/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Many oncology studies incorporate a blinded independent central review (BICR) to make an assessment of the integrity of the primary endpoint, progression free survival. Recently, it has been suggested that, in order to assess the potential for bias amongst investigators, a BICR amongst only a sample of patients could be performed; if evidence of bias is detected, according to a predefined threshold, the BICR is then assessed in all patients, otherwise, it is concluded that the sample was sufficient to rule out meaningful levels of bias. In this paper, we present an approach that adapts a method originally created for defining futility bounds in group sequential designs. The hazard ratio ratio, the ratio of the hazard ratio (HR) for the treatment effect estimated from the BICR to the corresponding HR for the investigator assessments, is used as the metric to define bias. The approach is simple to implement and ensures a high probability that a substantial true bias will be detected. In the absence of bias, there is a high probability of accepting the accuracy of local evaluations based on the sample, in which case an expensive BICR of all patients is avoided. The properties of the approach are demonstrated by retrospective application to a completed Phase III trial in colorectal cancer. The same approach could easily be adapted for other disease settings, and for test statistics other than the hazard ratio.
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- AstraZeneca, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, UK
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Jennison C, Turnbull BW. Adaptive sample size modification in clinical trials: start small then ask for more? Stat Med 2015; 34:3793-810. [PMID: 26172385 DOI: 10.1002/sim.6575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2014] [Revised: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 06/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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We consider sample size re-estimation in a clinical trial, in particular when there is a significant delay before the measurement of patient response. Mehta and Pocock have proposed methods in which sample size is increased when interim results fall in a 'promising zone' where it is deemed worthwhile to increase conditional power by adding more subjects. Our analysis reveals potential pitfalls in applying this approach. Mehta and Pocock use results of Chen, DeMets and Lan to identify when increasing sample size, but applying a conventional level α significance test at the end of the trial does not inflate the type I error rate: we have found the greatest gains in power per additional observation are liable to lie outside the region defined by this method. Mehta and Pocock increase sample size to achieve a particular conditional power, calculated under the current estimate of treatment effect: this leads to high increases in sample size for a small range of interim outcomes, whereas we have found it more efficient to make moderate increases in sample size over a wider range of cases. If the aforementioned pitfalls are avoided, we believe the broad framework proposed by Mehta and Pocock is valuable for clinical trial design. Working in this framework, we propose sample size rules that apply explicitly the principle of adding observations when they are most beneficial. The resulting trial designs are closely related to efficient group sequential tests for a delayed response proposed by Hampson and Jennison.
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- School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, U.S.A
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We consider seamless phase II/III clinical trials that compare K treatments with a common control in phase II then test the most promising treatment against control in phase III. The final hypothesis test for the selected treatment can use data from both phases, subject to controlling the familywise type I error rate. We show that the choice of method for conducting the final hypothesis test has a substantial impact on the power to demonstrate that an effective treatment is superior to control. To understand these differences in power, we derive decision rules maximizing power for particular configurations of treatment effects. A rule with such an optimal frequentist property is found as the solution to a multivariate Bayes decision problem. The optimal rules that we derive depend on the assumed configuration of treatment means. However, we are able to identify two decision rules with robust efficiency: a rule using a weighted average of the phase II and phase III data on the selected treatment and control, and a closed testing procedure using an inverse normal combination rule and a Dunnett test for intersection hypotheses. For the first of these rules, we find the optimal division of a given total sample size between phases II and III. We also assess the value of using phase II data in the final analysis and find that for many plausible scenarios, between 50% and 70% of the phase II numbers on the selected treatment and control would need to be added to the phase III sample size in order to achieve the same increase in power. © 2014 The Authors. Statistics in Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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- Lisa V Hampson
- Medical and Pharmaceutical Statistics Research Unit, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University, Lancaster, U.K
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Jennison C, Roddick I, Deas A, Emmett L, Bracebridge S. Surveillance of community genital Chlamydia trachomatis testing in the East of England, 2008-2010. J Public Health (Oxf) 2011; 33:353-60. [PMID: 21252267 DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdq103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Widespread testing for chlamydia is expected to result in a reduction in prevalence. In 2008, coverage indicators introduced by the Department of Health (DH) required collection and submission of all tests performed outside of genitourinary medicine clinics. No mechanism existed to collect community-based tests conducted outside of the National Chlamydia Screening Programme. The Health Protection Agency Regional Epidemiology Unit in the East of England (EoE) set up a new system to routinely collect and submit these tests on behalf of the regional Primary Care Organizations (PCOs). METHODS Testing data were requested from all laboratories commissioned to undertake chlamydia testing by EoE PCOs. Data were imported into a bespoke Structured Query Language server database and automated data processing routines were run. Data fulfilling national criteria were submitted for inclusion in the DH indicators. RESULTS High-quality data were submitted to set deadlines with minimum impact on laboratories. Completeness of data variables varied by laboratory and by variable type. After complex data processing, 96% of laboratory reported tests in the 15-24 year age range were eligible for submission. CONCLUSIONS This centralized method of data collection provides high-quality data, allowing for further analysis, which can be used to inform improvements in health care. These methods could be transferred to any of the hundreds of organisms for which similar laboratory data exist.
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- HPA East of England Regional Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR, UK.
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Jenkins M, Stone A, Jennison C. An adaptive seamless phase II/III design for oncology trials with subpopulation selection using correlated survival endpoints†. Pharm Stat 2010; 10:347-56. [DOI: 10.1002/pst.472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Confirmatory clinical trials comparing the efficacy of a new treatment with an active control typically aim at demonstrating either superiority or non-inferiority. In the latter case, the objective is to show that the experimental treatment is not worse than the active control by more than a pre-specified non-inferiority margin. We consider two classes of group-sequential designs that combine the superiority and non-inferiority objectives: non-adaptive designs with fixed group sizes and adaptive designs where future group sizes may be based on the observed treatment effect. For both classes, we derive group-sequential designs meeting error probability constraints that have the lowest possible expected sample size averaged over a set of values of the treatment effect. These optimized designs provide an efficient means of reducing expected sample size under a range of treatment effects, even when the separate objectives of proving superiority and non-inferiority would require quite different fixed sample sizes. We also present error spending versions of group-sequential designs that are easily implementable and can handle unpredictable group sizes or information levels. We find the adaptive choice of group sizes to yield some modest efficiency gains; alternatively, expected sample size may be reduced by adding another interim analysis to a non-adaptive group-sequential design.
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- Fredrik Ohrn
- AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal, SE-431 83 Mölndal, Sweden.
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Hurn M, Jennison C. Multiple-site updates in maximum a posteriori and marginal posterior modes image estimation. J Appl Stat 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/02664769300000063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- b Department of Statistical Science , Cornell University , Ithaca, New York, USA
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The clinical development process can be viewed as a succession of trials, possibly overlapping in calendar time. The design of each trial may be influenced by results from previous studies and other currently proceeding trials, as well as by external information. Results from all of these trials must be considered together in order to assess the efficacy and safety of the proposed new treatment. Meta-analysis techniques provide a formal way of combining the information. We examine how such methods can be used in combining results from: (1) a collection of separate studies, (2) a sequence of studies in an organized development program, and (3) stages within a single study using a (possibly adaptive) group sequential design. We present two examples. The first example concerns the combining of results from a Phase IIb trial using several dose levels or treatment arms with those of the Phase III trial comparing the treatment selected in Phase IIb against a control This enables a "seamless transition" from Phase IIb to Phase III. The second example examines the use of combination tests to analyze data from an adaptive group sequential trial.
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- b Department of Statistical Science , Cornell University , Ithaca, New York, USA
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We consider the construction of efficient group sequential designs where the goal is a low expected sample size not only at the null hypothesis and the alternative (taken to be the minimal clinically meaningful effect size), but also at more optimistic anticipated effect sizes. Pre-specified Type I error rate and power requirements can be achieved both by standard group sequential tests and by more recently proposed adaptive procedures. We investigate four nested classes of designs: (A) group sequential tests with equal group sizes and stopping boundaries determined by a monomial error spending function (the 'rho-family'); (B) as A but the initial group size is allowed to be different from the others; (C) group sequential tests with arbitrary group sizes and arbitrary boundaries, fixed in advance; (D) adaptive tests-as C but at each analysis, future group sizes and critical values are updated depending on the current value of the test statistic. By examining the performance of optimal procedures within each class, we conclude that class B provides simple and efficient designs with efficiency close to that of the more complex designs of classes C and D. We provide tables and figures illustrating the performances of optimal designs within each class and defining the optimal procedures of classes A and B.
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OBJECTIVES To quantify the effects of socioeconomic deprivation and rurality on evidence of need for total knee joint replacement and the use of health services, after adjusting for age and sex. METHODS A random stratified sample of 15 000 people aged > or =65 years taken from central age/sex registers for the geographical areas covered by the previous Sheffield and Wiltshire Health Authorities. A self completion validated questionnaire was then mailed directly to subjects to assess need for knee joint replacement surgery and whether general practice and hospital services were being used. Subjects were followed up for 18 months to evaluate access to surgery. RESULTS The response rate was 78% after three mailings. In those aged 65 years and over (with and without comorbidity), the proportion with no comorbid factors and in need of knee replacement was 5.1%; the rate of need among subjects without comorbidity was 7.9%. There were inequalities in health and access to health related to age, sex, geography, and deprivation but not rurality. People who were more deprived had greater need. Older and deprived people were less likely to access health services. Only 6.4% of eligible people received knee replacement surgery after 18 months of follow up. CONCLUSIONS There is an important unmet need in older people, with significant age, sex, geographical, and deprivation inequalities in levels of need and access to services. The use of waiting list numbers as a performance indicator is perverse for this procedure. There is urgent need to expand orthopaedic services and training.
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- P F K Yong
- Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Strategic Health Authority, Jenner House, Langley Park Estate, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 1GG, UK.
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OBJECTIVES To quantify the effects of rurality and socio-economic disadvantage on prior evidence of need for total hip joint replacement and use of health services after adjusting for age and gender. DESIGN Self-completion validated questionnaire mailed directly to subjects. SETTINGS Geographical areas covered by Wiltshire and Sheffield Health Authorities in England. PARTICIPANTS Random stratified sample of 15,000 aged 65 years and over taken from the central age-sex registers. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Prior need for hip joint replacement surgery and whether general practice and hospital services were being used as assessed by the questionnaire. RESULTS The response rate was 78% after three mailings. Prevalence of need for total hip replacement in the over 64s was 3.4% (95% confidence interval is 3.0% to 3.8%) and in those without co-morbidity 5.4% (95% confidence interval is 4.8% to 6.0%). There were inequalities demonstrated due to age, geography, and deprivation, but not rurality in accessing general practice and hospital services. People who were poor had more need. Older people in need were less likely to be accessing health services. CONCLUSIONS There is an important unmet need for hip joint replacement in older people with marked inequalities in levels of need and use of services. The use of numbers of people waiting as a performance indicator is perverse for this procedure. We have urgently to expand orthopaedic services and the training of orthopaedic surgeons in England.
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Bath, UK.
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Al-Awadhi F, Jennison C, Hurn M. Statistical image analysis for a confocal microscopy two-dimensional section of cartilage growth. J R Stat Soc Ser C Appl Stat 2004. [DOI: 10.1046/j.0035-9254.2003.05177.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This study directly compared the clinical and radiographic results and patient satisfaction of a group of simultaneous, bilateral total knee arthroplasties (92) with a year of surgery matched unilateral total knee arthroplasties (92). Death within 1 month of surgery occurred in 1 bilateral patient and no unilateral patients. Significant cardiorespiratory complications were recorded in 6 bilateral patients and 2 unilateral patients. Patients with pre-existing cardiorespiratory conditions were particularly at risk. Analysis revealed a 98% 7-year survivorship for unilateral procedures and 97% for bilateral. In this study, 95% of bilateral patients stated they would choose the same option again.
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- L Leonard
- Princess Margaret Hospital, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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It is not uncommon to set the sample size in a clinical trial to attain specified power at a value for the treatment effect deemed likely by the experimenters, even though a smaller treatment effect would still be clinically important. Recent papers have addressed the situation where such a study produces only weak evidence of a positive treatment effect at an interim stage and the organizers wish to modify the design in order to increase the power to detect a smaller treatment effect than originally expected. Raising the power at a small treatment effect usually leads to considerably higher power than was first specified at the original alternative. Several authors have proposed methods which are not based on sufficient statistics of the data after the adaptive redesign of the trial. We discuss these proposals and show in an example how the same objectives can be met while maintaining the sufficiency principle, as long as the eventuality that the treatment effect may be small is considered at the design stage. The group sequential designs we suggest are quite standard in many ways but unusual in that they place emphasis on reducing the expected sample size at a parameter value under which extremely high power is to be achieved. Comparisons of power and expected sample size show that our proposed methods can out-perform L. Fisher's 'variance spending' procedure. Although the flexibility to redesign an experiment in mid-course may be appealing, the cost in terms of the number of observations needed to correct an initial design may be substantial.
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Robert CP, Meng XL, Møller J, Rosenthal JS, Jennison C, Hurn MA, Al-Awadhi F, McCullagh P, Andrieu C, Doucet A, Dellaportas P, Papageorgiou I, Ehlers RS, Erosheva EA, Fienberg SE, Forster JJ, Gill RC, Friel N, Green P, Hastie D, King R, Künsch HR, Lazar NA, Osinski C. Discussion on the paper by Brooks, Giudici and Roberts. J R Stat Soc Series B Stat Methodol 2003. [DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.03712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Abbot SE, Whish WJ, Jennison C, Blake DR, Stevens CR. Tumour necrosis factor alpha stimulated rheumatoid synovial microvascular endothelial cells exhibit increased shear rate dependent leucocyte adhesion in vitro. Ann Rheum Dis 1999; 58:573-81. [PMID: 10460192 PMCID: PMC1752944 DOI: 10.1136/ard.58.9.573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate endothelial cell adhesion molecule expression and leucocyte adhesion to endothelial cells isolated from the microvasculature of rheumatoid arthritic synovial tissue (SMEC) in comparison with similar cells isolated from healthy subcutaneous adipose tissue (ADMEC) or from umbilical veins (HUVEC). METHODS Cultured endothelial cells were treated with tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) for 2-24 hours before the assessment of cell surface E-selectin, vascular (VCAM-1) or intercellular cell adhesion molecule-I (ICAM-1) expression. Neutrophil and T lymphocyte adhesion to TNFalpha treated endothelial cells was assessed using static and shear dependent assay systems. RESULTS VCAM-1 expression by SMEC was significantly less sensitive to TNFalpha stimulation than HUVEC or ADMEC. E-selectin expression by SMEC appeared to be more sensitive to TNFalpha stimulation and maximal expression was about 30% greater in comparison with HUVEC or ADMEC. Sensitivity to TNFalpha induction and maximal ICAM-1 expression was similar in all three endothelial cell types. Static neutrophil adhesion to TNFalpha stimulated SMEC was significantly increased in comparison with HUVEC, however this phenomenon was dependent on the presence of neutralising antibodies to ICAM-1. At shear rates in excess of 2.4 dynes/cm(2) significantly more neutrophils and, predominantly CD45RO+, T lymphocytes adhered to TNFalpha stimulated SMEC than HUVEC. CONCLUSION Rheumatoid synovial endothelial cells differentially regulate E-selectin and VCAM-1. The increased ability of TNFalpha stimulated synovial endothelial cells to support leucocyte adhesion may help to explain the leucocyte, in particular CD45RO+ T-lymphocyte, recruitment observed in the rheumatoid synovium.
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Bath, UK
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If the sample size for a t-test is calculated on the basis of a prior estimate of the variance then the power of the test at the treatment difference of interest is not robust to misspecification of the variance. We propose a t-test for a two-treatment comparison based on Stein's two-stage test which involves the use of an internal pilot to estimate variance and thus the final sample size required. We evaluate our procedure's performance and show that it controls the type I and II error rates more closely than existing methods for the same problem. We also propose a rule for choosing the size of the internal pilot, and show that this is reasonable in terms of the efficiency of the procedure.
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- Department of Medical Statistics, De Montfort University, James Went Building, The Gateway, Leicester, LE5 9BH, U.K.
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We describe existing tests and introduce two new tests concerning the value of a survival function. These tests may be used to construct a confidence interval for the survival probability at a given time or for a quantile of the survival distribution. Simulation studies show that error rates can differ substantially from their nominal values, particularly at survival probabilities close to zero or one. We recommend our new constrained bootstrap test for its good overall performance.
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, UK
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Jennison C, Sheehan N. Theoretical and Empirical Properties of the Genetic Algorithm as a Numerical Optimizer. J Comput Graph Stat 1995. [DOI: 10.1080/10618600.1995.10474686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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